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Christopher Quaranta, 15, gets a close-up look at fire equipment while firefighter/paramedics Josh Alvarez, Kyle Lefebure and Adam Noble look on inside Fire Station 27 in Weirsdale. Christopher visited the station on Wednesday to thank the men who rescued him after he fell from a tree he was climbing on Oct. 15 outside his home in Ocklawaha. Paramedics said that at the time, they weren't sure whether to airlift him to a hospital or not. They ended up calling for the helicopter, which was the right choice, as Christopher's skull was fractured in five places, among other injuries.